Obesity Rates Balloon In Developing World
3 January 2014, 3:59 Obesity Rates Balloon In Developing World Tweet The number of overweight and obese people has reached almost one billion in the developing world – overtaking rates in industrialised countries, a report has found. The report by…
Read More →Strong winter storm pushes into the Northeast
RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press= BOSTON (AP) — A storm expected to bring more than a foot of snow, stiff winds and punishing cold pushed into the Northeast on Thursday, extending Christmas break for some students while posing the first test for New York’s new mayor and perhaps the last challenge for Boston’s outgoing one. Some schools in New England and New York closed well ahead of the snow, while cities mobilized plows and salt spreaders, and state offices sent workers home early. Some major highways were ordered shut down overnight. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,300 flights nationwide on Thursday in advance of the storm. The heavy weather began rolling in just a day after New York…
Read More →Former PM Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, hospital says
Sharon is suffering multiple organ failure, Prof. Zeev Rotstein says. Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, the director general of Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, said Thursday morning, after the former prime minister’s medical condition had significantly deteriorated. “He has not undergone dialysis,” Prof. Zeev Rotstein said, “He is still getting the same medical treatments he […]
Read More →Africa’s Most Successful Women: Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Every now and then, I profile outstanding African women who’re making giant strides in business, politics, technology, entrepreneurship and leadership on the continent and elsewhere around the world. This week, I profile the spectacular Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, an Ethiopian entrepreneur and the founder of SoleRebels, a thriving eco-sensitive footwear brand that pundits hail as Africa’s answer […]
Read More →Kerry renews Middle East diplomacy drive
John Kerry, US secretary of state, has met Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to push for a framework for Middle East peace talks. The two leaders met in Jerusalem on Thursday, marking the start of what is expected to be an intense fo…
Read More →Bombing in northern Iraq city kills 19
BAGHDAD (AP) — A truck packed with explosives blew up in a city north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 19 people, as security forces and allied tribesman battled to put down an uprising by al-Qaida-linked militants who overran police stations in several Sunni cities. The Shiite-led government was trying to contain the eruption of militant violence in mainly Sunni Anbar province amid mounting sectarian tensions, fueled by authorities’ moves the past week, arresting a senior Sunni politician accused of terrorism and dismantling a months-old Sunni sit-in protest. In an apparent move to raise Sunni support, security forces arrested a controversial Shiite cleric who leads an…
Read More →Passengers rescued from icebound Antarctic ship
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A helicopter rescued all 52 passengers from a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve after weather conditions finally cleared enough for the operation Thursday. A helicopter carried the…
Read More →South Sudan fighting continues ahead of Ethiopia talks
Fighting is continuing unabated in South Sudan as the two sides prepare to begin peace talks in Ethiopia. A South Sudanese army spokesman told the BBC that clashes are continuing in Bor and parts of Unity state. Both the government and rebels have sent negotiating teams to the Ethiopian capital. So far the rebels have refused to end hostilities ahead of the talks. Aid agencies say supplies are urgently needed for the many thousands of people forced to flee their homes. Conditions have deteriorated in Awerial refugee camp on the banks of the Nile – now home to some 75,000 people who have fled the fighting in nearby Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, now in rebel hands. “There is no clean…
Read More →Israel raids on West Bank homes condemned
Human rights groups have reported a rise in Israeli military training exercises being held in Palestinian towns and villages. Israel was condemned by the groups on Thursday, after reports of soldiers taking up positions in Palestinians homes durin…
Read More →S. Sudan govt, rebels set for ceasefire talks
JUBA: South Sudan’s warring parties were on Wednesday set to begin peace talks aimed at bringing an end to a nearly three-week-old civil war that has already left thousands dead. Government and rebel officials confirmed their negotiating teams were either on their way or in the Ethiopian capital, and diplomats said they expected formal talks on a…
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